Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, October 6, 1994 TAG: 9410060015
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-13 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: PAUL DELLINGER STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: PULASKI LENGTH: Medium
Town Manager Tom Combiths told Pulaski Town Council on Tuesday that more fill material will be needed. The original plan was to collect the material from debris from the cliff wall along the road, but the amount proved insufficient.
Contract work was completed on the road section Friday and the wall was stabilized, Combiths said.
But the town's Public Works Department will have to bring in about 6,000 more tons of fill material to build up the shoulder along the highway. At least, Combiths said, the result will be a wider and safer shoulder when the work is done.
The town hopes to complete shoulder construction by Oct. 21, he said. If the deadline is met, the road can be reopened at that time. It has been closed since February.
Combiths also reported that the town staff has developed a temporary plan with Beverly Holtz and Betty Lou Kirkner to schedule volunteers for the Raymond Ratcliffe Memorial Museum at the town's Train Station building.
The museum is scheduled to open Oct. 15 as part of the annual Count Pulaski Day festival. After that, its hours will be from 2 to 5 p.m. during the week. Twenty people from the Pulaski Senior Center have volunteered for staff shifts until a permanent museum staffer can be named.
The town staff has also reviewed the potential route with one of the two major property owners involved in extending the New River Trail State Park from the town limits to the Train Station. The extension will be funded through a state bond issue for parks and recreation approved in a referendum several years ago.
Council approved allowing Pulaski cab companies to increase rates up to 25 cents per trip, and sent to its Architectural Review Board a proposal from R.I. Brown to donate a World War I memorial for Jackson Park.
The governing body accepted a Planning Commission recommendation for a conditional use permit allowing Samuel Austin to operate a game room with video machines and pool hall at 143 Randolph Ave.
Hours of operation are to be from 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1 to 11:30 p.m. Sunday. No alcoholic beverages are to be served.
Mayor Andy Graham asked for an update at a future council meeting on plans to put a basketball court in town. One likely location would be the former Jefferson School building, but such a project would have to be coordinated with the county, which owns the building.
Council agreed to remove the median strip on East Main Street (Virginia 99) in front of Pizza Hut, with the restaurant paying the costs. A Pizza Hut representative had requested the removal to make access to the restaurant easier.
The town offered a similar deal to other businesses along the divided highway, but none of the others were interested in participating.
Street paving work scheduled for next spring will include Dora Highway, Cardinal Drive and possibly some alleys in town. Council approved the closing of intersecting alleys between 12th and 13th streets Northwest.
by CNB